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corpuscularian, a. and n.|kɔːˌpʌskjʊˈlɛərɪən|
[f. as prec. + -an.]
A. adj.
1. = corpuscular 2.
1664Power Exp. Philos. Pref. 7 The Atomical and Corpuscularian Philosophers. 1685Boyle Eng. Notion Nat. 15 Epicurean and other Corpuscularian Infidels. 1741Warburton Div. Legat. II. 339 note, The Atomic or Corpuscularian Physiology. 1837McCulloch Attrib. God II. 444 My object is not either to detail the corpuscularian hypothesis or to controvert it.
†2. = corpuscular 1. Obs.
1705Berkeley Commonpl. Bk. Wks. IV. 433 The corpuscularian essences of bodies.
B. n. An adherent of the corpuscular or atomic philosophy, or of the corpuscular theory of light.
1667Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. 1, I will assume the person of a Corpuscularian. 1797Encycl. Brit. II. 484/2 Though the philosophy of Des Cartes resembled that of the Corpuscularians. 1837McCulloch Attrib. God (1843) II. 391 The idlest dreams of the Corpuscularians. |